Privacy Policy

Last Updated: September 18, 2023

This Privacy Policy governs the information practices for our Games, where a link to this policy is provided. It describes how we collect, use, share, and protect your information when playing our Games. 

Information We Collect

When you play our Games, some data is automatically collected. This includes:

• Device type (e.g. Android or Apple device) and device language

• Country and IP address

• In-Game behaviour

• In-App purchases

• Apple’s Advertising Identifier (IDFA) and Google Play Advertising ID

Information We Collect from Our Partners 

In some of our Games it is possible to log in to third-party services such as Apple Game Center or Google Play Games. When you use any of these services, we may access information about you that is provided by those services. This includes, for example, your friends list, profile name or profile picture, and the email address you use to sign in to these services. 

Which information we have access to can be defined in the respective services.

Our partners may also access some of your information. These third parties operate under their own privacy policies. We encourage you to review their privacy policies to learn more about their practices for processing information..

Our partners and their privacy policies are:

• Google Play Games Services

• Apple Game Center 

• AdMob Advertisement

What We Do with Your User Data

Information that you share with us we use to:

• Improve your gaming experience (e.g. find and fix bugs)

• Save your In-Game progress

• To understand how you interact with our Games (e.g. Whether all functions of a game are used. If levels are restarted very often, we can draw conclusions if this is perhaps too difficult)

• To get a general overview of our player base so that we can make better decisions for the future (e.g. How many players use Android version 4.x and is it worth supporting this version in future updates or games)

Your Choices About Our Collection and Use of Your Information

You always have the choice to refrain from using our Games or to discontinue playing them if you do not want us to collect information about you.

You can choose to use our Games in a manner that limits the data we collect:

• Unity Analytics: You have the choice to "Opt-Out". Your information will then be made anonymous. This means that your DeviceID will be removed from the data and your IP address will be changed so that only the country where you are located can be recognized.

• AdMob / Unity Ads: You have the choice, during the first start of the Game, to accept or reject personalized advertising. Your Advertising IDs will then no longer be shared with the advertising services.

The "Opt-Out" options are always available in the respective Game menu.

Security

The security of your data and your trust in us is very important to us. We try to protect your information as far as we can. 

However, remember that no method of data transmission over the Internet and no method of data storage is 100% secure and reliable. We cannot guarantee or warrant the security of any information you share with us. Nor can we be held responsible in the event of theft, destruction, loss or inadvertent disclosure of your information.

Links to Other Sites

Our Games may contain links to other sites, applications or services. Because we do not operate these sites, applications or services ourselves, we cannot take responsibility for the privacy practices of the companies that operate them. We encourage you to consistently review the privacy policies to understand an operator’s practices. 

For example, this Privacy Policy describes our practices.

Children’s Privacy

Our Games are intended for a general audience. If we discover that someone under the age of 13 or, in the European Economic Area, under the age of 16 has provided us with personal information, we will delete that information from our servers immediately. If you are a parent or guardian and you are aware that your child has provided us with personal information, please contact us so that we will be able to do necessary actions.

Changes to This Privacy Policy

We may update our Privacy Policy from time to time. We therefore recommend that you check this page regularly for changes. We will notify you of any changes by posting the new Privacy Policy on this page. These changes will be effective immediately upon posting on this page.

Contact Us

If you have any questions or suggestions regarding our Privacy Policy, please do not hesitate to contact us at shadycowgames@gmail.com